Wall Street Swallows Dose of Fed 'Stress'

By

John Carney

March 20, 2014 6:17 p.m. ET

Wall Street's biggest banks took markedly different paths through this year's Federal Reserve-administered stress tests than they did a year ago.

The good news: none of the big six firms got lost along the way—all saw theoretical capital levels exceed minimum requirements. And the results don't provide a clear indication of who will or won't get green lights on capital-return plans from the Fed next week.